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One must not tie a ship to a single anchor, nor life to a single hope.

Epictetus

Bear patiently, my heart - for you have suffered heavier things.

Homer

He only lives, who living enjoys life.

Menander n

If man is moderated and contented, then even age is no burden; if he is not, then even youth is full of cares.

Plato

A pleasant and happy life does not come form external things: man draws from within himself, as from a spring , pleasure and joy.

Plutarch

Everywhere man blames nature and fate, yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passions, his mistakes and weaknesses

Democritus

Nothing in excess.

Chilon

Young men err in everything by excess and vehemence, contrary to the precept of Chilon; they do all things too much, since they love and hate too much, and likewise in everything else. They fancy and insist that they know all things, and this is why they overdo everything.

Aristotle

Men are not worried by things, but by their ideas about things. When we meet with difficulties, become anxious or troubled, let us not blame others, but rather ourselves, that is, our ideas about things.

Epictetus

Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold, the felling of happiness dwells in the soul

Chilon

Every man will fall, though born a man, proudly presumes to be a superman.

Sophocles

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Socrates

Remember that you are only an actor in a play, which the manager directs.

Epictetus

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In the world of knowledge the idea of the good appears last of all, and is seen only with effort.

Socrates

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

Epictetus

Live today, forget the cares of the past

Epictetus

Remember, no human condition is ever permanent: then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, not too sorrowful in misfortune.

Socrates

The worst of all deceptions is self-deception.

Heraclitus

There is nothing permanent except change.

Heraclitus

One is rich not through one’s possessions, but through that which can can with dignity do without.

Epictetus

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Socrates

In the world of knowledge the idea of the good appears last of all, and is seen only with effort.

Socrates

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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is just opinion.

Democritus

Remember, no human condition is ever permanent: then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, not too sorrowful in misfortune.

Socrates

The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.

Thales

I proclaim that justice is nothing else that the interest of the stronger.

Thrasymachus

As god disposes man laughs or weeps.

Sopocles

All I know is that I know nothing.

Socrates
It is not good for all your wishes to be fulfilled: through sickness you recognize the value of health , through evil the value of good, through hunger satisfaction, through exertion, the value of rest
If you have a wounded heart, touch it as little as you would an injured eye. There are only two remedies for the suffering of the soul: hope and patience.
Look death in the face with joyful hope, and consider this a lasting truth: the righteous man has nothing to fear, neither in life, nor in death, and the gods will not forsake him.
From Oedipus the King, Then I Oedipus, presented myself, who was ignorant; I consulted no augur, but by a simple effort of reflection silenced the Sphinx.
What is it that is most beautiful? - The Universe; for it is the work of God. What is most powerful? - Necessity; because it triumphs over all things. What is most difficult? - To know one's self. What is most easy? - To give advice. What method must we take to lead a good life? - To do nothing we would condemn in others. What is necessary to happiness? - A sound body and a contented mind.
Look death in the face with joyful hope, and consider this a lasting truth: the righteous man has nothing to fear, neither in life, nor in death, and the gods will not forsake him.

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